Nov. 7th- 11th

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November 7th-Keona Jones

Today we basically went over our study guides. We also learned about inflation, deflation, and borrowing money. THe majority of the class period, however, was reviews.




Nov. 8th- Andro

Today we talked about the Treaty of Versailles and WWII.



Treaty of Versailles:

1. Germany lost land
2. War Reperations by Germany
3. Germany’s military scaled down to 100,000 troops
4. Buffer Zone along Rhine
5. League of Nations
6. Germany’s Economy was scaled down
7. Germany had no NAVY
8. War guilt clause

Before WWII

Italy

1. Just had a revolution
2. Became fascists
3. Mussolinni was their dictator

Russia

1. Were in a civil war
2. Communists
3. Stalin (1st communist leader)

Germany

1. Economy was terrible
2. Hitler

Mussolinni (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):

1919 – Him and his followers formed the Fascists party

1922 – Appointed as primeminister of Italy by force

1935 – Invaded Ethiopia



Hitler (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):

1919 – Hitler joined the Nazi Party

1923 – Tried to overthrow the government but failed

1933 – Became Chanceller of Germany

1934 – Became chanceller and president of Germany (the president died)



Stalin (from treaty of Versailles until WWII):

1924 – Took over Russia after the death of Lenin

Late 1920’s – Began creating state farms

1934 – Unfair trials to any who opposed the government (automatically guilty)


November 9th: Toast
World War II

1. Dictators
   • Stalin (USSR or Russia)
     • Communism: "equal" government
       1. Government regulates and owns everything
       2. Equal pay, equal property (same clothes, cars, etc.)
       3. Dictatorship
     • Took over after death of Lenin (original Russian communist reform leader)
     • Let millions of Russians starve, killed many who opposed him
   • Mussolini (Italy)
     • Fascism: belief that an ethnic group is superior, leads to imperialism
     • Appointed chancellor by the Italian king after threatening to attack Rome
     • Became Prime Minister, used new power to become dictator
     • Conquered Ethiopia
   • Hitler (Germany): also Fascist
     • Gained support as leader in Nazi political party (German socialist workers' party)
     • Tried to overthrow government, jailed for 5 years, wrote "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle")
     • Elected chancellor, then president
     • Made emergency military control law, staged uprising, established dictatorship
2. Causes of World War II
   • Treaty of Versailles: Germans felt it unfair, ruined their economy, Hitler elected to fix it
   • Failure of "Appeasement" policy in Britain and France
     • Played off Hitler breaking the Treaty of Versailles, saying it had been to harsh, and Germany prevented spread of communism
     • Both countries reluctant to fight after WWI
   • Hitler's Actions
     • Defied Versailles Treaty: stopped paying reparations, built up military, adding navy and air force
     • 1936: Sent military into Rhineland, allied with Italy and Japan
     • 1938: Invaded Austria and forced a vote on becoming part of Germany: most citizens supported it and Austria was seceded
     • 6 months later invaded Sudetenland, then rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939
     • Made pact with Stalin: reduced enemy front-line and allowed easy conquest of France, later invaded Russia anyway
     • Used extremely efficient Blitzkrieg ("Lightning War") strategy
       1. Send in air force bombers (heavy attack)
       2. Send in tanks (medium attack)
       3. Send in infantry (final takeover)
3. America in early WWII
   • Focused on New Deal and solving own problems: isolationism
   • 1935 Neutrality Acts
     • U.S. wouldn't sell weapons to, give loans to, or trade with countries in the war
     • Roosevelt was concerned about these acts because of the rise of dictatorship
     • He adapted the acts after the invasion of Poland
       1. "Cash & Carry": Trade with countries at war was legal as long as cash was paid upfront
       2. Lend-Lease Act: U.S. lent weapons to Europe; they promised to return or pay for them after the war

November 11: Bekah

We finished watching A league of Their Own.